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Palmetto Cash 5 · draw

Monday, 26 February 2024

ResultPalmetto Cash 5

Single source
  1. 3
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 12
  5. 16

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024draw 2,482 of 2,502 under them

← 2024-02-25All recent draws2024-02-27 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:53 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed3 7 8 12 1629 Aug 2026, 09:34 UTC
Drawn under earlier rules

Palmetto Cash 5 was a 5/38 · Apr 2010 – Mar 2024 game then. Everything on this page reads the draw against those rules and the 2,481 draws before it — not against today’s pool.

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 26 February 2024 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

22oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 22 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 3% of every possible ticket.

  • sum1th
  • odd33th
  • low99th
  • widest gap1th
  • neighbours74th
  • spread3th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 326 of each

3293times
7314times
8345times
12295times
16

Prize breakdown · 2024-02-26

  • Lines in play≈ 14kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.2Kto 6.2k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 2lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 438%$10.8K
  • Match 316%$4.6K
  • Match 229%$8.1K
  • 3 other tiers17%$4.7K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.03 by chance$100,000

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331times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,481 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (3, 7, 8, 16) with the draw of 16 February 2024 — its closest relative in 2,481 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 56% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (25 February 2024): 8 carried over. Chance says 53% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

46

The numbers add up to 46 — the 1th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 98. Side-by-side numbers: 7–8. 45% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

3 had not appeared for 10 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 3.1× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
Match 4
8≈ 4.7 by chance
$300
  • Match 3158≈ 150 by chance$5.00
  • Match 21,552≈ 1.6k by chance$1.00
  • Match 50$200,000
  • Match 418$600
  • Match 3457$10.00
  • Match 24,035$2.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈14k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 2 — 1,552 winners, 0% more than the 1.6k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$100,000
    Match 5 (with Power-Up)0$200,000
    Match 48$300
    Match 4 (with Power-Up)18$600
    Match 3158$5.00
    Match 3 (with Power-Up)457$10.00
    Match 21,552$1.00
    Match 2 (with Power-Up)4,035$2.00
    Totals6,228—